Word: spirits
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...entertaining a novel can be when it slips the surly bonds of realism. Kraft's characters don't talk like people actually talk. They're more witty, more astute, and they express themselves with infinitely more pizazz. This is true even of Peter's winged steed, the charmingly anthropomorphized Spirit of Babbington, which may not be an ace at lifting off but proves a surprisingly excellent road buddy. The effect is like a happy-go-lucky Nabokov, with all the road-tripping wordplay and none of the incest. It's a joy to watch Kraft resuscitate stale idioms with...
...believe strongly that his spirit was never released.' HARLYN GERONIMO, great-grandson of the famous Apache warrior, who is suing Yale University's élite secret society Skull and Bones, charging that its members robbed his great-grandfather's grave...
Religion is a kind of word game. It's whatever it means to those individuals who are following that belief system. If you say something has got spirit or "I feel the spirit," to me, that would be more appropriate--spirit in the Aristotelian sense, that the mind and body and spirit are one thing. Which is different from religion...
...need that store,” Reed says. “I would be heartbroken if they go out of business. This is one store that still has the old spirit...
...things that have impressed me the most are the changes we’ve made in coming together as a unit, and really having a more competitive spirit,” Saretsky said. “It’s been several years in the making for the coaching staff and I feel like that we’re really starting to see it start come together...